Refrigerated cabinet



March 14, 195@ A. G. HOWARD 2,5005% REFRIGERATED CABINET Filed April 15, 1946 iShee-ts-Sheet l 1 l I l l I I March M, 119% A. HOWARD REFRIGERATED CABINET Filed April 15, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 La E5 Patented Mar. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEv IREFRIGERATED CABINET Arthur G. Howard, Flint, Mich.

Application April 13, 1946, Serial No. 662,052

v removal or'insertion of suchrolls.

It is the purpose 0f this invention to provide a storage :cabinet particularly intended for the storage of rolls of waxedxpaper wherein the rolls may be kept under controlled conditions .so that they-may. be suitable for immediate useregardless of the atmospheric conditions of the room within which the cabinet is located. .Bakeries, or/the,

like, wherein, :for example, bread wrapping .ma-

chines are used, frequently have-excessively high temperatures and, as a result, .anysupply of waxed paper for use in such machinesis affected by the room temperature and-very irequently'is rendered unsuitable for-use. .It is 'therefore aniobiect of the present invention 'to provide a refrigerated storage cabinet useful for conditioning rolls "of waxed paper in such manner that the rolls are readily available for removal separately- Another object isto :provide a cabinet of the kind referred to with novel means to support therein a plurality of rolls of waxed paper in spaced relation, one to the other.

Another object .is to provide a refrigerated cabinet with a plurality of hanger arms therein each to receive a roll of waxed paper, or the like, and each of which is inclined in a direction to facilitate easy extraction and positioning of the rolls thereon.

Another object is to provide a cabinet of the kind referred to which embodies novelstructural means to' reinforce the cabinet walls from which the hanger arms protrude.

Another object is to provide novel structural means for securing a plurality of hanger arms firmly to the back wall of a cabinet within which they are mounted and to a reenforcing element embedded within said wall.

Another object is to provide a refrigerated cabinet of the character referred to which is inexpensive to construct and which is highly useful and very efiicient.

Other and further objects of the present invention will be apparent from the following de scription and claims and arexillustrated in the ac companying drawings which, by wa of illustration,jshow apreferred embodiment and theprinciple thereof. Otherembodiments of the invention embodying the same or equivalent principle 56 2 may be used and structural changes may be mad as desired by those skilled .in the art without departing from the present invention and the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is .a perspective view of a refrigerated cabinet embodying features of the present invention and showing portions thereof broken away.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional detail view taken substantially on line '22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. .3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional View through the back wall of the cabinet illustrating the manner of attaching the hanger arms thereto.

Referrin specifically to the disclosure in the accompanying drawings, the refrigerated air conditioned cabinet, generally indicated at H, pref erably is mounted upon suitable casters l2 so as to enable its being positioned in close proximity to a bread wrapping machine or other apparatus commonly used in the baking industry. Such wrapping machines, or the like, usually are located in a room closely adjacent to the bake ovens and, consequently, the humidit and temperature of the room is excessively high. Such atmospheric conditions are detrimental to waxed paper usedfor wrapping loaves of bread, or the like, consequently, the cabinet I l is primarily designed to contain a supply of rolls of waxed paper for use on the wrapping machine or other apparatus.

The cabinet I I includes a lower machine compartment l3 and an upper or'a'storage compartment .I l. The machine compartment l3 occupies but a portion ofthe lowermost part of the cabinet II and the unoccupied part thereof isfitted with drawers l5, useful for the storage of tools; =cutters,..etc., of the kind required for maintenance'and adjustment of the wrapping machine.

The upper or storage compartment It includes a back wall it, a top wall H, a bottom wall l8,

end walls I9 and a front wall 2i, the front wall.

being provided with openings 22 to be closed by doors 23 provided on their margins with the customary sealing strips so that the compartment 14 is hermetically sealed when the doors are closed. The back, top, bottom, side and front walls of the upper compartment Hi, as well as the doors 2.3, are of double wall construction and includespaced :apart inner outer panels M and 215,

having arelativelythick layer :oirock, wood or other thermal insulation material it there'be-- tween. i

As best shown in Fig. 2, a plurality of hanger arms 21 are arranged within the upper storage compartment I 4 and these arms are parallel to each other and are spaced apart vertically and horizontally for purposes to be explained hereinafter. Each hanger arm 21 is fashioned from a tube of sheet material and is inclined uwardly forwardly from the back wall l6 on which it is mounted so as to dispose its free forward end closely adjacent to a door opening 22. It will thus be observed that, when the doors 23 are open, ready access may be gained to each of the hanger arms 2'! so as to permit a roll of waxed paper 28 to be telescoped over each arm. Because said hanger arms are inclined downward rearward, said rolls gravitate towards the back Wall of the cabinet and are thereby prevented from inadvertently slipping therefrom.

vention has been shown in detail in the accompanying drawings and has been specifically described-in the foregoing specification, it should Adequate reinforcement is afforded the back i wall [6 of the cabinet to prevent its being dam aged or distorted due to the combined weight of the rolls of waxed paper 28 which might be carried on the plurality of hanger arms 27 mounted thereon and projecting inwardly therefrom. To this end, each vertical row of hanger arms 21 is rigidly connected to a frame 29. The frames 29 each preferably consists of a U-shaped channel having its vertically arranged intermediate portion extending throughout the entire length 1 of the storage compartment back wall It and its leg portions 30 and 3| extending forwardly to a point adjacent to the front wall 2i between the inner and outer panels 24 and 25 of i the top and bottom Walls- H and 88 respectively. 1

1 In the present disclosure, four such frames areillustrated.

As best shown in Fig. 3, each hanger arm 21 is firmly secured to the inner back wall panel 24 and to the frame channel 29, by means of a bolt 32 which extends through an opening 33 in said back wall and said frame. cured firmly within the end of the hanger arm by having its head 34 seated against a washer 35 integrally secured, as by welding, to the open end of the hanger arm 21. A nut 39, threaded on the protruding end of the bolt 32, secures the hanger arm in place. Because the attached end of the hanger arm is cut on an angle the,

attached arm assumes its forwardly and upwardly inclined position.

arms in place.

The interior of the upper storage compartment l4 isadapted to be refrigerated and to this end an evaporator coil 37 is arranged preferably adjacent to the upper end of the compartment M. The evaporator is connected in a customary so as to insure uniform circulation of refrigerated air throughout the interior of the storage compartment and around, between and through each roll ofwaxed paper 28 stored therein.

' The cabinet I I may be provided with a suitable bumper strip 43 or other protuberancesarranged to prevent damaging the cabinet should it be brought up against a solid object. It should be obvious at this time that a conditioning cabinet of the kind disclosed herein is very eificient in use and that its use will result in a considerable The bolt 32 is se- It should be quite evi dent, however, that other means than those illustrated may be utilized to firmly secure the hanger tail structure without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a cabinet for conditioning sheet stock in rolls, a compartment having thermally insulatedwalls including spaced inner and outer panels, a frame, said frame including an intermediate portion arranged between the inner andouter panels of the compartment back wall and end portions extending into the spaces between the' inner and outer panels of the compartment top and bottom walls, a plurality of hanger arms, and means to secure said hanger arms within said cabinet and to said frame. r x

2. In a cabinet for conditioning sheet stock in: rolls, a compartment having thermally'insulated walls including spaced inner and outer panels, a frame including'an' intermediate portion 'arranged between the inner and' outer panels of the compartment back wall and end portions extending into the spaces between the inner and outer panels of the compartment top and bottom walls, a plurality of hanger arms, and means to secure said hanger arms within said'cabinet and to said frame, said means coacting with the frame to secure it in place between said panels.

3. In a cabinet for conditioning sheet stock in rolls, a compartment having thermally insulated walls including spaced inner and outer panels, a frame including an intermediate portion 'ar'-' ranged between'the inner and outer panels ofthe compartment back wall and end portions extending into the spaces between the inner and outer panels of the compartment top and bottom walls, a plurality of hanger arms, and means to secure said hanger arms within said cabinet and: to said frame, said means extending through the" innerpanel and being secured to the'fra'me to join the hanger arm, panel and frame in a unitary assembly.

' ARTHUR G. HOWARD.

REFERENCES CITED The following referencesare of record in' the file of this patent: I l UNITED STATES PATENTS Armstrong Oct. 2, 1945 

